Reconstruction Plans and Amendments Quiz

What were the key features of President Lincoln’s and President Johnson’s Reconstruction plan?

• Punishing the South and denying equal rights to newly freed black Americans

• Encouraging reunification and setting up new constitutions in the states

• Confiscating Confederate land and building schools in the South

• Guaranteeing the rights of black men to vote and abolishing slavery in the U.S.

What goods and services did tenant farmers and sharecroppers provide?

• Negotiating labor contracts and building schools in the South

• Farming land they did not own and providing crops

• Denying equal rights to newly freed black Americans and maintaining white supremacy

• Confiscating Confederate land and guaranteeing the rights of black men to vote

Why were Black legislators removed from the Georgia General Assembly during Reconstruction?

• To argue that the Georgia Constitution denied African Americans the right to hold office

• To encourage reunification and set up new constitutions in the states

• To deny equal rights to newly freed black Americans and maintain white supremacy

• To guarantee the rights of black men to vote and abolish slavery in the U.S.

What did the 13th Amendment accomplish? What was its role in Reconstruction?

• Giving citizenship to all former slaves and requiring states to pass fair laws

• Abolishing slavery in the U.S. and freeing all former slaves

• Guaranteeing the rights of black men to vote

• Confiscating Confederate land and building schools in the South

Compare and contrast the goals and outcomes of the Freedmen’s Bureau and the Ku Klux Klan.

• The Freedmen’s Bureau aimed to maintain white supremacy, while the Ku Klux Klan aimed to provide education to freed black Americans

• The Freedmen’s Bureau aimed to provide food and clothing to poor black and white Southerners, while the Ku Klux Klan aimed to maintain white supremacy in the South

• The Freedmen’s Bureau aimed to confiscate Confederate land, while the Ku Klux Klan aimed to encourage reunification and set up new constitutions in the states

• The Freedmen’s Bureau aimed to deny equal rights to newly freed black Americans, while the Ku Klux Klan aimed to guarantee the rights of black men to vote

What was the purpose of the Black Codes during the Reconstruction era?

• To provide equal rights to newly freed black Americans

• To restrict the freedom of black Americans and ensure cheap labor supply

• To encourage reunification and set up new constitutions in the states

• To guarantee the rights of black men to vote and abolish slavery in the U.S.

What was the impact of the 14th Amendment during the Reconstruction?

• It abolished slavery in the U.S. and freed all former slaves

• It guaranteed the rights of black men to vote

• It granted citizenship to all persons born or naturalized in the United States, including former slaves

• It encouraged reunification and set up new constitutions in the states

What was the role of the Radical Republicans during the Reconstruction?

• To maintain white supremacy in the South

• To deny equal rights to newly freed black Americans

• To push for harsh punishments for the South and equal rights for black Americans

• To negotiate labor contracts and build schools in the South

What was the significance of the Civil Rights Act of 1866 during the Reconstruction?

• It provided equal rights to newly freed black Americans

• It restricted the freedom of black Americans and ensured cheap labor supply

• It encouraged reunification and set up new constitutions in the states

• It guaranteed the rights of black men to vote and abolished slavery in the U.S.

What was the role of the Southern Democrats during the Reconstruction?

• To maintain white supremacy in the South

• To deny equal rights to newly freed black Americans

• To push for harsh punishments for the South and equal rights for black Americans

• To negotiate labor contracts and build schools in the South